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Exponential Stability, Passivity, and Dissipativity Analysis of Generalized Neural Networks With Mixed Time-Varying Delays
No full textIn this paper, we analyze the exponential stability, passivity, and (Q,S,R)-ɣ-dissipativity of generalized neural networks (GNNs) including mixed time-varying delays in state vectors. Novel exponential stability, passivity, and (Q,S,R)-ɣ-dissipativity criteria are developed in the form of linear matrix inequalities for continuous-time GNNs by constructing an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) and applying a new weighted integral inequality for handling integral terms in the time derivative of the established LKF for both single and double integrals. Some special cases are also discussed. The superiority of employing the method presented in this paper over some existing methods is verified by numerical examples
Improved exponential convergence result for generalized neural networks including interval time-varying delayed signals
No full textThis article examines the exponential stability analysis problem of generalized neural networks (GNNs) including interval time-varying delayed states. A new improved exponential stability criterion is presented by establishing a proper Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) and employing new analysis theory. The improved reciprocally convex combination (RCC) and weighted integral inequality (WII) techniques are utilized to obtain new sufficient conditions to ascertain the exponential stability result of such delayed GNNs. The superiority of the obtained results is clearly demonstrated by numerical examples
Robust H∞ control of uncertain stochastic Markovian jump systems with mixed time-varying delays
No full textIn this paper, robust H∞ control for a class of uncertain stochastic Markovian jump systems (SMJSs) with interval and distributed time-varying delays is investigated. The jumping parameters are modelled as a continuous-time, finite-state Markov chain. By employing the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and stochastic analysis theory, some novel sufficient conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities are derived to guarantee the mean-square asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point. Numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and superiority of the proposed method comparing with some existing results
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Robust Stabilization of Delayed Neural Networks: Dissipativity-Learning Approach
No full textThis paper examines the robust stabilization problem of continuous-time delayed neural networks via the dissipativity-learning approach. A new learning algorithm is established to guarantee the asymptotic stability as well as the (Q, S, R)-alpha-dissipativity of the considered neural networks. The developed result encompasses some existing results, such as H-infinity and passivity performances, in a unified framework. With the introduction of a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional together with the Legendre polynomial, a novel delay-dependent linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition and a learning algorithm for robust stabilization are presented. Demonstrative examples are given to show the usefulness of the established learning algorithm
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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